Direction-indicating device



G. MATSUSHITA. DIRECTION INDICATING DEVICE.

Patented Jan. 31, 1922.

APPLICATION Fl-LED AUG-30, 1920.

INVENTOR: 6ev1Z'ar0 lfaz suskda,

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eEN'rARo MATSUSHITA, or SELMA, CALIFORNIA.

. To all whom it may cncem:

' asubject of the Emperor'flof' Japan; resid-.

Be it known that I, GE mat MATSUS fiI TA,

' ing at S'elmafin the county of Fresnoand "State of California; have invented anew and useful Direction-Indicating Device, of which the following is aspecificati'onn 'This'devic'e, forming the'base of the pres- Kent invention; has relation" to devices used on vehiclesfor indicating. to other vehicles and generally the operation of's'u'ch vehicle,

and also'helping the driverolf such vehicle to properly "operate the vehicle withoutcol- 'liding with other vehicles.

One of the objects ffthis inve tion, is to make a device ofv this type Ornamental as well as practical. 1

Another ob'ect is to provide a. device of such appearance that it cannot be taken for a signal when ininoperative position, have ing the signaling v-partjs sodesigned-as to entirely disappear within the body, portion of the device in such inoperative posltion.

o vehicles,

Another object is to provide indicating members so designed. as to conform in ap-- pearance and principle with the signals given by drivers of vehicles.

Other objects will appear lowing description and appended claim as well as from the accompanying drawing, in

which i V I Fig. 1 is a perspective view'of theJdevice, inwhich the operatin .parts are in inoperative osition withinit ebody or housing of the evice. T g Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the device with the cover plate removed, illustrating the principal operating parts of the device in their relative position. 7

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the indicating member in detail.

Similar numbers refer to throughout the several views. V

The main body or housing 4 is provided with clamping members 5 by which the device can be attached to suitable places o f similar parts mobiles.

The swinging arm 6 is disposed between the two main plates 7 v and 8 of the body portion of the device, so that; it can be moved todisappear withinthe slit 9, see Fig. 1,, or appear in the several positions for indicating directions 'or movements to be taken by such vehicle, as illustrated in Specificationof Letters Patent with the bevel geari18'; An operatinglarm' lfrom the folpreferably the windshield of autonmnorron-rnmoll'rme DEVICE.

' Fig; '21-; Tana; ea eased are;

I 'Patented Jan. 31, 19 22.- lApp l ication ,fi d August-30, 1920,:SeriatERQrAOGESSQ it i normally indicates nature vehicle is going to take a turn towards'the right. "The hand moved to the position indicated at 11fnormally indicates that? the 'vehicle is g'oingtooing to take v s I take a turn towards'the left.- The handfliiovd a to. the position as, indicated ianermauy extent that otherslshould be'fwarned to; profi vent collision-between different vehicles.

The s ingingv arm-1s; provideawita when 13, foriningthe pointar'o'und which the arm e161" j zthi h fif a: me ifi oj ge merit with. another bevel gear- '15". onfthe shaft 16. The bevel gear 17 is providedon the opposite end of the shaft, 16 engaging;

or lever '19.- is .operatively .inengagement with the bevel gear .18iso that, by anuoperation of the lever 19,- the several gears and shafts can be operated; A notched bar 21 is provided to holdthe operating lever 19 so in position when so operated'or set'fthe several notches-22,23,12 l and 25 corre-. spond ng with the several positions in which 7 the swinging'arm is to appear or is desired.

The operating arm or lever '19 is preferably made of suitable materialtov allow .a

springing elfect'to, engage the; lever 19 in the severalnotches, ,and allowing ardisem. T V gaging from suchnotches by simply bending the lever enough to come out of the notches when sordesired. r

The rear plate 25 is preferably designed so as to clearly haveno appearanceof any indicating lever pointing towards a certain this reason, I prefer to' have a mirror 26 direction from avehiclevvhen attached. For r .95 1 mounted on this rear plate, so as to give] the whole device the appearance of a mirror Y carrier in its normal inoperative position; 1 j

Thelever 19 isillustrated in Fig. 2 in its I neutral or inoperative position engaged in the 'notch'22 of the bar 21.

Therear plate'25 with the mirror face is removed from the f device as-illustrated in Fig. 2, leaving the-mechanism open to view.

. The swinging arm is m such inoperative;

mechanism as illustrated in Fig. 2. j Moving theoperatinglever 19 to the notch" 23 causes aturning of the'bevel gears 145' or neutral position within the slit ofthe .3 7 device, see Fig. 1, behind the operating indicating arm to the position indicated Moving the operating lever 19 to the notch causes a turning of the several gears and shafts,-and thereby a swinging of the indi catingearmto the position indicated at 11. 'Themovementof the operating lever 19 is naturally entirely controlled by the sizes of the gears, an enlarging of the gear 18, for instance, without enlarging the gear 17 naturally allows a very short movement of I V 7 near the operating arm forholdmg' the arms the operating lever 19 in relation; to'the larger movement of the swingingindicating armpas' will easily'be understood. -Propor- 7 tioning such gears properly,rm-akes for an 7 feai'yand quick operatingofthedevice; 7

r avin g thus described my invention; 1

I Ina direction indicating device, ahousing having, means for securing the device-to a at 10, as-

in certain indicating positions vehicle and having a split portion projecting away from the securing means forming an open end, a swinging indicating arm having a shaft near itsbaseend so that the indicating portion 01 the arm may swing around such shaft, ag'ear provided on the shaft,the

shaft of the arm disposed crosswise through the housing and through the split' portion of the housingnear the open end of the lniusin'g an operating arm disposed in the housing having a portion projecting out of the housing .nearrthe securing end: of the housing, a'gear on the base of the operating arm; an intermedlate shaft havinga-gear on each end for OPGI'iLtlVGlY' engagmg'the gear on operating :arm with the gear on the indicating arm, and, a notched bar "ClISPOSGd In testimony that-I claim the as my invention" I havesi I the presence of two subscrlbin witnesses a GENTARO MAT Witnesses: 7 I

I IENRY VSrHUKASAWA', Q SErsU UoH'I'na v r UsHrT 7 foregoing V gned myiname inf 

